A Dyer man has been
sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to
accessing an Internet-connected computer system with intent to view child
pornography, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Indiana
said.

James Struensee,
48, was sentenced to 150 months imprisonment and 10 years of supervised
release upon completion of his prison term, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
He was also ordered to pay a fine of $40,000.

“According to
documents in this case, in 2015 Struensee logged into a website using a TOR
browser to access child pornography involving prepubescent children,” the
U.S. Attorney’s Office said. “Struensee admitted to, over the course of
years, searching, accessing, and viewing over 200 images of child
pornography. In 2000, he was convicted of receipt of child pornography (via
U.S. mail) in the Northern District of Illinois.”

The case was
investigated by the FBI GRIT Task Force with the assistance of the Indiana
State Police.